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Ex Libris and Archived News

Ex Libris is the newsletter of the Boston College Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program. Read the latest issue in Adobe PDF (warning for modem users—download may take time). Viewers must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, downloadable for free.

Joseph Manning, GPSP'14, has received a Udall Scholarship, which is awarded to students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, economics, and other related fields. Click here for the article.

Andrew Babbitt, GPSP '15 has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship for his study in China. Click here for the full article.

Ryan Polischuk, GPSP'15, steps up to the Men's Hockey Team! Click here for the article.

Marty Long, GPSP'13, received an ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Scholarship. The Weaver-James-Corrigan scholarships are awarded to selected student-athletes - three from each league institution - who intend to pursue a graduate degree following completion of their undergraduate requirements. Click here for thepress release.

Rachel Newmiller, GPSP' 13, recently spearheaded an effort to create and install adaptive flowerbeds for wheelchair-bound students with severe, multiple special needs at the Boston College Campus School. See the video here and read the article here.

Aditya Ashok, GPSP '12, has been named a recipient of the prestigious George Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in the United Kingdom. Click here for the full article.

Matthew Alonsozana, GPSP '14, was part of a team that won the 2012 Eller Ethics Competition at the University of Arizona. Click here to read the article and here to view a video of their presentation.

Read the Boston Globe article on Brooke Loughrin, GPSP '14, who is the first-ever U.S. Youth Observer at the United Nations. She was also featured in a student spotlight on the Boston College Islamic Civilizations and Societies website.

Brooke Loughrin, GPSP '14, has been named the first-ever U.S. Youth Observer at the United Nations, part of a new effort to empower young voices on the global stage. Click here for the full article.

Joseph Manning, GPSP '14, was awarded the Joseph Barbosa Award in recognition of his work at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He was also awarded the Sierra Student Coalition's highest honor, the Adam Werback Award.

Tori Luu, GPSP '14 is featured as a "BC Celebrity" on Her Campus for her work in chemical oceanography.

Rich Aberman and Bill Clerico, both GPSP '07, were recently featured in Bloomberg Buisinessweekas two of the Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs in 2011 for their work on WePay.com, their internet start-up company.

Anne Kornahrens, GPSP '11, was featured on a panel titled "Scholarship and Discernment," sponsored by the BC University Fellowships Committee and the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. To read the BC Chronicle article highlighting the panel, click here.

Adi Ashok, GPSP '12 is featured on boston.com in an article highlighting him as the recipient for the 2011 Harry S. Truman Scholarship.

With a Goldwater and National Science Foundation grant under her belt Anne Kornahrens, GPSP '11, is the first BC student to land a Skaggs-Oxford Scholarship.

Christopher Sheridan, GPSP '12, has been awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the premier undergraduate fellowship in the sciences.
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Sean Flahaven, GPSP '95, was recently featured in the post-Grammy awards issue of BILLBOARD magazine. To read the complete article, click here.

Mayor Menino recently visited BC as part of a series titled, "Revisiting Boston: its culture, diversity, and youth" sponsored by the Boston College Presidential Scholars, Class of 2013. Click the following link to read more about Mayor Menino's address to BC. The Heights | Boston Globe.

Joseph Manning, GPSP '14, was selected to attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Cancun, Mexico, over the winter break. An article in The Heights comments on his experience and involvement at the conference.

Dustin Rawlin, GPSP ’97,a partner at Tucker Ellis LLP, was one of only five attorneys nationwide to be named a 2012 Law360 Rising Star in the area of product liability litigation. Read the article here.

Jeremy Zipple, GPSP ’00, directed, wrote and produced a National Geographic documentary that will premiere nationally on PBS March 28th. The documentary is called Quest for the Lost Maya and features interesting new archaeology on the origins and demise of the ancient Maya. Jeremy was down in Jackson, Mississippi, in mid-February for a premiere event for the film which attracted about 500 people. A trailer for the film can be viewed by clocking on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTuLlIvq7pU

Rich Aberman and Bill Clerico, both GPSP '07, are featured on CNNmoney.com in an article titled WePay is the anti-PayPal. To read the complete article click here.

Scott Jelinek, GPSP '10 is featured in The Boston Globe in an article titled, "Dreams of international medicine." To read the complete article, click here.

Read the recently published NY Times articletitled "A New Way to Get Money for Group Events," featuring Rich Aberman and Bill Clerico, GPSP '07.

Marisa Cochrane Sullivan, GPSP '07, is featured in The Boston College Magazine, for her work at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in Washington D.C. To read the complete article, click here.

The Boston College Chronicle recently featured students from the Class of 2010 who were awarded Fulbright Grants, including three Scholars: Pat Passarelli, Joe Zabinski, and Sarah Lang. The Chronicle also featured an article on this year's Finnegan nominees including Scholar, Scott Jelinek.

Leon Ratz, GPSP '11 is a leader on and off campus. Read more about Leon's accomplishments in this article, featured in The Heights.

Caroline Beyer, GPSP '12, discusses her ASG project, a film titled "Modern Day Slaves: Human Trafficking in New York and San Francisco." Read more about this exciting project here.

Rich Aberman and Bill Clerico, GPSP '07, launch WePay.com. To read more about their start-up business venture, click here

Ari Daniel Shapiro, GPSP '01, takes to the airwaves as he reports environmental stories around the globe.

Patricia Noonan, GPSP '07, appears inSigns of Life in New York City. You can read The New York Times review of the show here.

GPSP '07 graduates, Rich Aberman and Bill Clerico have launched their startup WePay and have raised $1.6 million in venture capital. A entry in Boston Globe's Innovation Economy blog about startup can be read here.
Science Careers an on-line publication from the journal Science recently did a career profile of GPSP alum, Ari Daniel Shapiro '01. Ari has combined his interest in science and broadcasting to build a successful career as an independent science radio producer. You can read the story here.

The GPSP congratulates Will Dowd '06 who was one of only two runners-up - chosen from thousands of submissions - in the second round of NPR's '3 Minute Fiction' contest. His entry can be read here.

Watch out for... Patricia Noonan - Article in Friday, May 25, 2009 issue of The Berkshire Eagle about Patricia Noonan, PSP '07 who is playing the female lead in Barrington Stage's production of Carousel.

As part of their "Six to Remember" series Boston College's Chronicle featured three of our graduating series. Our congratulations go to Robert Kubula, Pilar Landon, and Celso Perez!